Germany’s economy will not grow for the third year in a row, the government said on Thursday, scaling back a previous prediction as President Trump’s tariffs bite into Europe’s largest economy, leaving it stagnant. In January, the German government had predicted 0.3 percent economic growth, but Mr. Trump’s tariffs of 25 percent on imported automobiles, […]
Carrie King and Ben Morris BBC News Getty Images The Unitree G1 has been charming people at trade shows It’s a bright spring morning in Hanover, Germany, and I’m on my way to meet a robot. I have been invited to see the G1, a humanoid robot built by Chinese firm, Unitree, at the Hannover […]
Bologna eased into the Coppa Italia final following a 2-1 victory over Empoli at home on Thursday, which handed them a resounding 5-1 aggregate win as they set up a showdown with AC Milan. It will be the first Italian Cup final appearance for Bologna since 1974, when the club won the competition for the […]
Ziff Davis, the digital publisher behind tech sites like Mashable, PCMag and Lifehacker, sued OpenAI on Thursday, joining a wave of media companies accusing the artificial intelligence giant of stealing its content. Ziff Davis is one of the largest publishers in the United States, with more than 45 sites globally that together attract an average […]
Sarah Rainsford & Laura Gozzi EPA More than 50,000 people have queued in the last 24 hours to pay their respects to Pope Francis at St Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican has said. On Thursday morning, the queue to see the Pope, who is in an open coffin, stretched out of St Peter’s Square and down […]
President Trump and Elon Musk promised taxpayers big savings, maybe even a “DOGE dividend” check in their mailboxes, when the Department of Government Efficiency was let loose on the federal government. Now, as he prepares to step back from his presidential assignment to cut bureaucratic fat, Mr. Musk has said without providing details that DOGE […]
Republican lawmakers in Florida are investigating how $10 million in state money was diverted for use in a political campaign with ties to the wife of Gov. Ron DeSantis. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images MIAMI — Fla. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is on the defensive over questions about how $10 […]
Apr 24, 2025, 12:05 PM ET NBA Hall of Famer and Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd has joined the ownership group of Everton, the Premier League club announced Thursday. Kidd has joined Roundhouse Capital Holdings, which is part of The Friedkin Group — the U.S. firm that completed its takeover of Everton in December. […]
Stocks rose on Thursday, extending a two-day rally as investors hope for an easing of President Trump’s trade wars and weigh comments on its impact from a Federal Reserve official. The S&P 500 gained more than 1 percent after stalling in early trading. The index has seesawed this week: Monday saw a sharp sell-off, followed […]
Male domination is the natural order of things, some people say. But bonobos, primates with whom we share nearly 99 percent of our DNA, beg to differ. Bonobos are great apes that live in female-dominated societies, a relative rarity among mammals, especially in species where males are the larger sex. While females are smaller than […]